Glass - Satyagraha - Act II: Tagore - Confrontation & Rescue (1/2)

PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937) Satyagraha Act II: Rabindranath TagorePHILIP GLASS (b. 1937) Satyagraha Act II: Rabindranath Tagore Scene 1 - Confrontation and Rescue (1896) Performed by the New York City Opera Chorus & New York City Opera Orchestra Conducted by Christopher Keene *Satyagraha (English pronunciation: /sʌtˈjɑːɡrəhə/, Sanskrit satyāgraha “insistence on truth“) is an opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists, composed by Philip Glass, with a libretto by Glass and Constance de Jong. The opera is loosely based on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and is the second part of Glass’s “Portrait Trilogy“ of operas about men who changed the world, which also includes Einstein on the Beach and Akhnaten. Philip Glass’s style can broadly be described as minimalist, but the music in Satyagraha is somewhat more expansive than is implied by that label. The cast of the opera includes 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos,